[cma-l] Community Radio (Amendment) Order 2015, 2:30pm Tuesday 17th March, Consideration in Grand Committee - Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Wed Mar 18 12:38:41 GMT 2015

Regarding the list of stations below, Raidió G?" is not yet on air.  Here’s
a link to their application.

http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/radio/community/apps/2012/1012546/raidi-g.pdf

Radio Beca is not broadcasting yet either, and TD1 Radio starts in a few
weeks.

Regards

Bill
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On 18 March 2015 at 12:14, Bill Best <bill.best at commedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi Phil
>
> Ofcom has advised us of the following stations that are currently not
> permitted to generate income from advertising and programme sponsorship:
>
>    - Angel Radio Isle of Wight
>    - IÚR-fm
>    - BFBS (Colchester)
>    - CSR
>    - Soundart Radio
>    - Phonic FM
>    - Swindon 105.5
>    - Alive Radio
>    - Drive FM
>    - Brick FM
>    - Tudno FM
>    - Point FM
>    - Takeover Radio 106.9
>    - AHBS Community Radio
>    - 107.8 Academy FM Thanet
>    - 105.9 Academy FM Folkestone
>    - WCR (Warminster)
>    - BFBS (Blandford)
>    - Abbey 104
>    - Bay FM Radio
>    - The Voice
>    - Access FM
>    - AIR
>    - Radio Glan Clwyd
>    - MônFM
>    - Radio Beca
>    - TD1 Radio
>    - Raidió G
>
> The above actually amounts to 28 licences.
>
> Best regards
>
> Bill
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> Operations Manager
> Community Media Association
> http://www.commedia.org.uk/
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>
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> https://twitter.com/canstream
>
> On 17 March 2015 at 17:14, Phil Edmonds <lists at philedmonds.info> wrote:
>
>> Interesting reading the CMA's briefing note.
>>
>> A couple of observations, it says:
>> "CMA analysis indicates there to be 88 commercial stations
>> broadcasting to a population of fewer than 150,000). Out of these 88
>> stations only 20 can be considered to be ‘genuinely independent’ "
>>
>> I'd concur almost. The last Ofcom published information on coverage areas
>> I've seen (dated 9 May 2013) lists 89 'Analogue local' licences with MCA's
>> under 150k. You need to discount Nevis FM who surrendered their
>> 'commercial' licence when awarded a Community Radio licence. Furthermore
>> recently Radio Hafren ceased operation, leaving 87 stations.
>>
>> However of these I'd classify eight of the small Scottish stations as
>> "Community Radio stations with legacy 'ILR' licences". So that leaves only
>> six small commercial radio stations who are 'independent" of a group.
>>
>>
>>
>> I also quote from the CMA document
>> "The most significant change to previous restrictions on advertising and
>> programme sponsorship revenue is the introduction of a threshold of £15,000
>> commercial revenue, below which the restrictions will no longer apply. This
>> has two important effects.
>> First, it will allow 18 stations that were previously prevented from
>> receiving such revenues, to receive up to £15,000."
>>
>> I'd like to have a list of these 18 stations, as it's something that
>> doesn't appear to be published by Ofcom. I'm trying to do some research
>> into the "real world" effects of a community station near a small
>> commercial station, but struggling to find a full list of CR's with
>> restrictions.
>>
>> Phil.
>>
>>
>> On 17/03/2015 10:46, Bill Best wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Members and Supporters
>>>
>>> The Lords debate on the Community Radio (Amendment) Order 2015 takes
>>> place today:
>>>
>>> *Tuesday 17 March at 2.30pm*
>>> Community Radio (Amendment) Order 2015 Consideration in Grand Committee
>>> [Lord Gardiner of Kimble
>>> <http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-gardiner-of-kimble/4161
>>> >]
>>> 25th Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments
>>>
>>> http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldordpap.htm
>>>
>>> You might be able to watch it online here:
>>>
>>> http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Lords
>>>
>>> More specifically here:
>>>
>>> http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/7bc71488-225d-
>>> 409e-b1f8-8bc009cc6dad
>>>
>>> This is Part 1 of the debate; there is a fair chance that the Commons
>>> debate will be early the following week.
>>>
>>> The CMA has prepared a supporting briefing note that has been sent to a
>>> selection of Peers. You may download this briefing from here:
>>>
>>> http://www.commedia.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/
>>> Community_Radio_Amendment_Order_2015-policy-briefing.pdf
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> Bill Best
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